Armando Bacot to writer who called UNC soft: "It definitely (ticked) us all off"

Posted Mar 31, 2022
If you call UNC soft, Armando Bacot is going to go hard against you. Sportswriter Jeff Goodman discovered that Thursday during a Final Four press conference at the Superdome ahead of the Tar Heels’ Final Four matchup on Saturday against Duke. "When you said it, it definitely (ticked) us all off. I’m not going to lie," Bacot said with a smile. (Tar Heel Tribune)

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